Los mejores podcasts de Balderton Capital (2024)

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Disrupting Capital Markets: Rana Yared, Murray Roos and Enrico Bruni 48:09

2y ago48:09

48:09

We were delighted to host a fireside chat at Balderton HQ about disrupting capital markets with Murray Roos, Group Head of Capital Markets at LSEG, Enrico Bruni Managing Director at Tradeweb, and Rana Yared, General Partner at Balderton.Por Balderton Capital

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John Cole, Ezoic: Staying in stealth for three years, and balancing UX & Monetisation in Testing/AI 25:16

7+ y ago25:16

25:16

John Cole is the CCO of Ezoic. Ezoic is a Google award-winning artificial intelligence platform designed to automatically test ads, website layouts, mediation, and more to increase ad revenue and optimize user experiences at the same time.John is the Chief Customer Officer of Ezoic. Formerly an officer in the British Royal Navy, John was a founding…

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Mårten Mickos, CEO MySQL, Eucalyptus, Hackerone: Building a billion dollar software company 58:09

7+ y ago58:09

58:09

Mårten Mickos is a rare European founder. He has led 3 global software companies, including the Balderton-backed MySQL, and is now opening the London office of HackerOne, a new company which is used by Uber, Twitter and Github to protect their critical systems.Mårten joined open-source database company MySQL as CEO early in the company's journey. H…

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Cherry Freeman, Nigel Whiteoak, Edward Griffith of LoveCrafts | Why 3 founders are better than 1 16:43

8y ago16:43

16:43

All three coFounders of Lovecrafts - Cherry Freeman, Nigel Whiteoak and Edward Griffith - joined Ben Goldsmith for the latest episode of the Balderton podcast. Lovecrafts create online marketplaces such as LoveKnitting and LoveCrochet that bring traditional crafts to the digital age. Balderton first invested in the company in 2015, leading a $7.5m …

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Jack Rivlin, CEO of The Tab: Starting a company at 19, going global, and learning on the job 24:07

8y ago24:07

24:07

The Tab's CEO and Founder Jack Rivlin talks to Ben Goldsmith about all of the 'first-times' he's encountered since founding student media company The Tab with a group of friends at Cambridge University. The first time Jack hired people outside of the founding team, the first fund-raise, the first time that The Tab decided that they were going to la…

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Steve O'Hear of TechCrunch: the Future of Media & lessons from Entrepreneurship 29:25

8y ago29:25

29:25

Steve O’Hear is best known as a technology journalist, currently at TechCrunch where he focuses on European startups, companies and products.Steve joined TechCrunch in November 2009 as Contributing Editor for TechCrunch Europe, where he worked alongside Editor Mike Butcher to help build TechCrunch’s coverage in the continent. In June 2011, Steve to…

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James Cook, Tech Editor of Business Insider UK: How tech startups can get newsjacking right 21:19

8+ y ago21:19

21:19

In the latest Balderton Capital podcast, James Cook talks to Ben Goldsmith about how technology entrepreneurs (and their PRs) can get newsjacking right, and avoid falling foul of a journalist's 'delete' button. James Cook is Technology Editor at Business Insider UK. He was formerly Contributing Editor at The Daily Dot, and the Deputy Editor of The …

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How to turn your HealthTech idea into a business | Doctorpreneurs 40:18

8+ y ago40:18

40:18

The latest Balderton Capital podcast is a recording of the panel session from the latest Doctorpreneurs Meetup, which was held at Balderton HQ. Doctorpreneurs is the ‘global community for doctors, medical students, and individuals interested in healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship’. The panellists were: Dr Andre Chow, TouchSurgery Dr Jean Neh…

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Chris Morton, CEO and Founder of Lyst | Scaling, Fixing, and Pivoting 29:47

8+ y ago29:47

29:47

Chris Morton is the CEO and founder of Lyst, a fashion aggregation and discovery app, and universal checkout cart. Before launching Lyst, Morton was part of our investment team here at Balderton Capital. Chris talks to Ben Goldsmith about building a team from 3-150 people, and about the decision he made to take the business through a massive pivot.…

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How to scale a team and culture, from Seed to Series C | Graham Cooke, CEO of Qubit 25:16

8+ y ago25:16

25:16

Graham Cooke is the Founder and CEO of Qubit. Graham set up Qubit alongside three former colleagues from Google, and has piloted the business through its Balderton-led Series A, it's Accel-led Series B, and its most recent funding from Goldman Sachs, Salesforce Ventures and others. Ben caught up with Graham on the subject of how building a team sca…

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Enterprise SaaS: Making unsexy tech sexy | Olivier Pailhes, Aircall 23:30

8+ y ago23:30

23:30

Olivier Pailhes is the Founder and CEO of Aircall. Aircall is an telephony service that is the built on top of the newest technologies for realtime communication: Websockets, WebRTC. Aircall brings its customers a new approach for managing their business calls.0100 Very early in Aircall's life, Olivier and the founding team took the company to the …

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Growing a team, hiring friends, and being a young CEO | George Spencer & Gabriele Maroso, Rentify 27:28

8+ y ago27:28

27:28

George Spencer is founder and CEO at Rentify, a software platform which helps landlords market, manage, and make money from their properties. Gabriele Maroso is the Director of Business Operations at Rentify. 0120 There are two factors that effect an entrepreneur's ability to hire smart people at the very early-stage: chiefly available capital, and…

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How to Inspire Innovation and Impact Healthcare | Andre and Andy on the TouchSurgery Hackathon 23:15

8+ y ago23:15

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Before we get into the detail... SIGN UP FOR THE TOUCHSURGERY HACKATHON!! Title: Healthcare Innovation Hackathon - Inspire innovation and impact healthcare.Date: June 4th & 5th 10am - 4pmLocation: Balderton Capital - The Stables, 28 Britannia St, Kings Cross, London WC1X 9JF, United KingdomGoal of the event: Identify problems in the medical field a…

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What Brexit and the Budget means for UK Entrepreneurs | Guy Levin, Executive Director of COADEC 26:16

8+ y ago26:16

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This week, we speak to Guy Levin, the Executive Director of Coadec. Guy heads up the UK's foremost digital think tank and trade association, and is also the Associate Editor of Policy at The Memo. He was formerly a special adviser to DFID (Department for International Development) and DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport).0030 For those wh…

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How we built the world's largest Equity Crowdfunding platform | Luke Lang, CoFounder of Crowdcube 20:17

8+ y ago20:17

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This week Ben Goldsmith talk to Luke Lang, who cofounded Crowdcube in 2011 alongside Darren Westlake. 0050 When Luke and Darren set up Crowdcube, there was no blueprint. Nobody has attempted to build an equity crowdfunding platform at such a scale before. We ask why they took such a risk on a new and untried idea, and what it was like to sail into …

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The Dutch tech scene inside and out | Sebastiaan Heijne, serial entrepreneur 24:13

8+ y ago24:13

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This week we catch up with Sebastiaan Heijne, the founder of Signkick, who takes us through the Dutch tech scene. 0045 The Dutch have a naturally world-wide approach due to the small home market, very high levels of spoken English, and huge network connectivity. 0335 Seb explains that the majority of the best Dutch tech leaders and entrepreneurs no…

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How entrepreneurs can wow journalists | tips from Alex Wood, Founder & Editor of The Memo 22:34

8+ y ago22:34

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Ben catches up with Editor of The Memo Alex Wood, and talks about what entrepreneurs should do to maximise their chances of getting covered in the media. 0100 Alex explains how a newsroom actually works behind the scenes, and how entrepreneurs can use this knowledge to their advantage0250 What's the best 'first point of contact' for a journalist? I…

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Outdated Assumptions about Nordic Tech | Neil Murray, Founder & Editor of The Nordic Web 17:20

9y ago17:20

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Neil Murray, Founder and Editor of TheNordicWeb, joins Ben Goldsmith to challenge a few outdated assumptions about the Scandinavian tech scene. 0030 Neil recently wrote a piece with the title, 'the state of the Nordic tech scene today'. It is a response to certain outdated assumptions about the ecosystem that Neil would like to dispel... 0330 Neil …

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How an entrepreneur built a bank | Tom Blomfield, CEO of Mondo 25:16

9y ago25:16

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Tom Blomfield becomes the second of GoCardless' original cofounding team to join Ben for a podcast in the last couple of weeks. Tom is building Mondo, a bank that is challenging the high street incumbents. In this episode, Tom talks about the challenges of applying for a banking licence, shares some tips for first time entrepreneurs, and explains w…

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Becoming a Second Time Founder | Matt Robinson talks about doing it all again 19:43

9y ago19:43

19:43

Matt Robinson, coFounder of GoCardless, talks about founding a business for a second time. As well as swapping stories about McKinsey, YCombinator and cold-calling; Matt gives some advice to entrepreneurs who are starting businesses for the first time...Por Balderton Capital

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Memory Champion to EdTech Entrepreneur | Ed Cooke, CoFounder of Memrise 20:44

9y ago20:44

20:44

Ed Cooke -Memory Champion and cofounder of language-learning app Memrise - talks about the struggles faced by ed-tech entrepreneurs, the Membus project, and how memory-techniques can help entrepreneurs hone their investment pitch-deck...00:44 At the moment, all the talk at Memrise is about a certain project... Ed explains exactly what the Membus is…

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How Data Science Transformed our business | Rentify founder George Spencer & Ollie Glass 25:53

9y ago25:53

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As PhD data scientist Ollie Glass puts it, data science is a lot like UX/UI was a few years ago: everyone wants a piece of it, but nobody really knows how to make it work for their business. Rentify have managed to overcome that challenge, and - as Founder & CEO George Spencer explains - data science is now integral to Rentify's business.01:17 Geor…

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Why we quit our jobs as Surgeons to start TouchSurgery | Dr Jean Nehme & Dr Andre Chow 23:21

9y ago23:21

23:21

Former Surgeons Dr Jean Nehme and Dr Andre Chow took a great leap when they decided to start TouchSugery... they talk to Ben Goldsmith about saving lives, working with Stanford, and why young surgeons can't get into the operating theatre. 01:13 The Doctors explain the genesis of TouchSurgery, which was inspired by real experiences in hospitals. To …

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"Quality is everything" | Roland Lamb of ROLI on company culture & building a unique team 25:24

9y ago25:24

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Roland Lamb talks to Balderton's Ben Goldsmith about how ROLI have fostered a unique company culture, and how this progressive approach to creating a strong identity and team has a positive effect on the business.You can watch a performance of their latest musical invention here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euoNphLUvxU0:01 Roland kicks off by e…

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Becoming a dominant Marketplace | Joe Steele, CEO of Bookatable 24:47

9y ago24:47

24:47

Joe Steele, CEO of Bookatable, chats with Ben Goldsmith about how Bookatable have grown to put millions of diners in touch with 12,000+ restaurants in 19 European countries every single month...0:00 Intro: How the Bookatable business evolved from Livebookings. 1:54 Why Bookatable's offering to restaurants is key to success.3:00 Supply versus demand…

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Why Nordic Tech is so investable | Sam Myers on the Scandinavian tech scene 14:56

9y ago14:56

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Sam, our resident Swedish national, delves into exactly why the Nordic technology scene is so rich in investable right now. 0:50 Why are the Nordics so techy? Sam explains the area's roots in infrastructure & mobile. 2:13 Tech and politics: Sam poses the interesting idea that socialist politics and ideology have contributed to expertise in creating…

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Where the NHS can improve & product innovation | Maja Kecman on Health Tech 21:50

9y ago21:50

21:50

Maja Kecman joins Ben Goldsmith to talk about both product and app innovation in healthcare. Maja currently leads Helix, a team of designers embedded in St. Mary's Hospital, and is currently spending the summer on a secondment at Balderton. Listed below are a few key questions in the podcast: 2:10 How do you get a product to market in healthcare? 4…

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James Wise on Crowdfunding: Diversity, Ownership, and Genuine Returns for Investors 24:00

9+ y ago24:00

24:00

To accompany James' recent piece in CityAM, our Mr Wise shares his thoughts on crowdfunding. In addition to expanding on how the industry is encouraging diversity in business, he talks about how crowdfunding is changing the way that people think about ownership, and he responds to criticism that the industry may be a flash in the pan. Recorded duri…

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Growing a marketplace company | Carwow founder James Hind on raising VC Investment 18:55

9+ y ago18:55

18:55

CEO and Founder of CarWow James Hind chats to Ben about running and growing a marketplace business. Amongst other things, James reveals how cold calling VCs and angel investors actually works; he advocates taking the plunge with TV advertising, so long as you keep your eye on the stats; and he offers some hints & tips for entrepreneurs trying to sp…

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Where would you start a tech company in London? | TechWorld's Sam Shead 18:16

9+ y ago18:16

18:16

TechWorld's Startups and Innovation Editor Sam Shead chats to Balderton's Ben Goldsmith about where he'd start a tech business in London, asks whether London can collaborate or if it's in competition with itself, and also offers some handy advice for Tessa Jowell and Lord Davies...Por Balderton Capital

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Why 2016 will be the year for VR | Sheng Huang 13:53

9+ y ago13:53

13:53

Sheng is currently in the middle of a deep dive research project into the world of virtual reality & augmented reality. Amongst other things, Sheng is sure that 2016 will be the year for VR. Not only the year that VR becomes accessible to a far larger market, with applications in healthcare, architecture, and film, but also the year that we'll see …

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Sam Myers asks whether Europe's cyber-security boom is all hype... 11:32

9+ y ago11:32

11:32

The startups selected for the CyLon accelerator programme graduated this week. Balderton's Sam Myers has been a mentor on the challenge, and took the opportunity to take a deeper look at the hype surrounding global security industry. Sam lifts the lid on a few stats surrounding big bank security budgets, asks whether entrepreneurs need grey hair to…

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The Future of 3D Printing | Bram de Zwart & Brian Garret talk to Balderton's James Wise 19:19

9+ y ago19:19

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Bram de Zwart & Brian Garret - the cofounders of 3DHubs, the world's leading 3D printing network - talk to Balderton investor James Wise. Bram & Brian talk about the process of raising investment, both the highs and lows. Their journey was doubly tricky, due to the comparative youth of the 3D printing industry. They also explain how the team's Dutc…

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Editor of Tech.eu Robin Wauters on why London is awesome & why he'd start his startup in Barcelona 14:29

9+ y ago14:29

14:29

In a London Tech Week themed podcast, Robin Wauters - cofounder and editor of Tech EU - talks to Balderton's Ben Goldsmith. Robin explains that even thought London is indeed leading the European tech scene, he would start his hypothetical-startup in Barcelona! Robin also speaks about his mission with Tech.EU, and how he wants European tech journali…

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Nutmeg founder Nick Hungerford on Financial Literacy in the UK 8:29

9+ y ago8:29

8:29

Nick Hungerford - the Founder and CEO of Nutmeg, a Balderton portfolio company - talks to Balderton's Ben Goldsmith about a subject close to his heart: the state of play of financial literacy in the UK. Nick talks about why traditional financial services should start putting their customers at the centre of what they do, and argues that they haven'…

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Why Ad-Blockers are important for Mobile - Simon Andrews & Sam Myers 14:02

9+ y ago14:02

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Our man Sam Myers and Simon Andrews, Founder of Addictive Mobile, analyse why leading mobile network operators and multinational tech companies are paying a lot of attention to ad-blocking technologies...Por Balderton Capital

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Harry Briggs gives a personal insight into VC life 13:15

9+ y ago13:15

13:15

On his last day at Balderton Capital, Harry Briggs talks to Ben Goldsmith, and provides a unique and personal insight into the world of venture capital. Amongst many things, Harry talks about saying 'no' to good entrepreneurs, the seismic shift in London's tech scene, and how own experiences of being gay in the world of tech investment.…

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